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Old 08-29-12, 11:30 AM   #84
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Wow, that seems like an interesting read (for example, captains almost never used full speed in the first torpedo types as it caused malfunctions)!


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But now the real world has caught up with me again, so i'm out of the picture for week or so.
take your time mate!

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I have already done quite a lot of dud tests and not suprisingly found out that it is not as easy as it might seem. The angles defined in the .sim file have somewhat complicated mechanic, and probably don't work fully. And it seems that .dat ships calculate them in a different way compared to GR2 ships. But testing goes on!
yes, we need a lot of testing. Even having correct historical figures doesn't help if we don't "convert" them to SH5 format somehow.
I hope we can disturb TDW on some settings and on the units/maths behind them
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